>>102143767
Got her on tuesday. She looks great, just like on prototype photos, the butt is nice as well, and it's not flat.

Although she had some dirt on her crotch, that I couldn't reach with my finger so I had to use cotton swab to clean. Of course got boner in the process and had to jerk off. Didn't hotglue. T-thanks Koto.

getting it this time. I have no previous experience in building models, but I'll probably pick up a valvrave kit to practice. Then again, that won't happen until I graduate since I'm quite busy. How long does it take to build one anyway?

>>102151778>only 3 scales
I've never kept track because I'm afraid of how large the number will be. I tried totaling a few orders for 2014, but gave up after I discovered I already spent $600 on shipping.

>>102151778
Here's the monthly spending breakdown part of my sidebar in my spreadsheet. I don't do a count of how much of each I order in a month. I do keep track of how much is spent a month, how much is spent total, how much was spent on foreign transaction fee and shipping, and how much of everything I have though.

>>102157210
Can people even read anymore? DO I need to be more clear on what I'm actually trying to say? I didn't say I didn't like it, in fact I love it. I also didn't say it WASN'T allowed. I said it's MORE RELATED to /jp/.

I'm waiting for a prize fig to come out in April but they haven't shown up yet on Amiami or on HLJ. I've seen a few people selling them on Rakuten or Yahoo Auctions, but do I really need a proxy for them? I'm afraid that they're going to be sold out on Mandarake by the time they some out.

The only alternatives are the Griffon figs, so I can see why they're going to be sold out

Well, it looks like Big In Japan may have fucked me over. Paid for EMS shipping, and got registered SAL instead...

After a week I was wondering what the fuck was up was my shit not arriving, checked tracking and no update after leaving Japan a week ago and it's "Special Services Mail" instead of "EMS" for Class of Goods...

Guess it's back to waiting for SAL like a poor bastard. First and last purchase with them.

>>102160118
They are pretty bad lately, takes them ages to answer emails, and yet they're wasting resources on updating site's layout. I still have some pre-orders there, but probably gonna stick to NY, since they haven't disappointed me yet.

>>102161519
Was this around the time Levi by Sentinel was up for preorders? Everyone was waiting for NY and BiJ to put it up, and then BiJ just crapped out and was down for the count. Their site was definitely in need of updating, so I wouldn't consider it a waste of resources at all.

>>102161827
No, that was way before, the slowdows were at random times of the day and the only semi popular item that went up around those days was Shimakaze by Amakuni, which is an exclusive and barely order her on the first day anyway.

Hey guys I need some help. I bought this http://biginjap.com/en/pvc-figures/7992-mouretsu-pirates-katou-marika.html from Big in Japan. It just arrived today. But the sword scabbard that is attached to Marika was not attached when I unboxed it. I sent a notification to BiJ. What's my chances of actually getting a replacement? Or will I have to fix this myself if i want the figure at all?

>>102162909
That's usually what you expect when ordering books regardless of the store. Amazon is a bit cheaper, just remember they ship via private couriers and that might get you fucked over if you are countries prone to taxing those shipments.

>>102162743
awesome. So Do I wait for a response from BiJ even? Regardless do you know how i go about contacting Hobby Japan considering I bought from a third party? I mean would think they would say fuck off you didn't buy from us directly.

>>102163358
Since we're on the topic I hamhanded a BQ figure to the point of breaking it in half where there's a peg that attaches the top half of the torso to the bottom, can I just put superglue in that and be fine?

>>102163484
Just go to your local walmart or similar, epoxic glue is always a two parts mixture. Superglue emanates fumes that can smoke ABS plastic and glossy surfaces, hence why other alternatives are preferred.

>>102164851
2 cour show
It is too much money to ask for at once/take too long for them to try to do the same thing they do as with Nise and Bake. $50 for a arc is not that bad considering it is still cheaper than R1.

>>102164905
Aniplex only sells their exclusive series through either their site or RS. They have done the same thing in the past bd releases (TTGL,KnK, Kenshin, Baccano,etc). If you see it on amazon it is always a third party seller and cost more.

>>102165177>Not knowing Aniplex is the only good localized company to buy from

-They get exclusive rights to the big name series
-Release them usually within 6 months after the R1 release
-Make the affordable to compare to the R1
-Supporting Aniplex in japan since that is their parent company.

>>102160898
In the original pic, her left hip is rotated back a little more than it is with the figure, and her right leg is longer in the figure version. The figure's face is a little uguu~. Hopefully LATER will fix it before release.

>>102169265
Google will help you, but since Im bored:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%80%90Amazon-co-jp%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E3%80%91%E5%88%87%E7%AC%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA-B4%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E4%BB%98%E3%81%8D-GA%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-%E5%88%87%E7%AC%A6/dp/4797376368/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1JUY2TB4KRMUK&coliid=I294OXVWY6VSYY

And there is a fag just sold this book to mandarake, so you can grab that if you want a cheaper price.

>>102170467
neat, I've been looking at a figure for a long time but its out of stock. Its in stock price was around 90 dollars but now I can only find it for around 160$. Do you think that's reasonable inflation for an out of stock product?

>>102171586
Also, even though the guide says I need a forwarding service for items that aren't books and DvD's, reading their shipping there is a category for "Additional items" does this strictly refer to books/dvds or does this mean other items are allowed in an order without forwarding now?

>>102172845
Technically it's delivered. Who it was delivered to, I dunno. The signature is legible, and the only local person with her name that I can find is a wannabe model of some sort. If I gotta shake her down to get my Chinese plastic, well, we'll see.

>>102175079
if you go to specific events you're not exactly exposing your powerlevel to people you interact with on a daily basis though. i.e. it would still stay contained in a pretty small sphere. weak argument

>>102174982
Imagine that you've taken leave of your senses and decided to blow $50 and go to a convention. You walk by a room, a large meeting room, absolutely packed with dozens of sweaty nerds in stupid getups. They're all shouting out ancient memes, some jackass goes 'the game' like it's topical, and they're all guffawing like hyenas. You look to the door expecting to see something like "Reddit Meetup", to explain how awful all of these lowlevels are. They couldn't possibly be from /a/.

>>102175273
maybe because you're more interested in the event than the people? Or maybe because you would like to talk to someone like-minded for a short while and then go back into your little safety bubble?

-Awaited for popular illustrator Buriki's illustration collection of Haganai!
-Illustrations of Haganai recorded along with original illustrations which can be seen in this book!
-Hirasaka original short story "Boku ha Tomodachi ga Sukunai -easy mode- If Kodata Hasegawa was a hyper good looking guy with high communication ability" recorded!
-First release limited edition comes with a full color & edited edition "Boku ha Tomodachi ga Sukunai Vol.1" (BOX style)

If your personal information on manda seems to be in the wrong order (last name before first name, state before city) does it make a difference? Or does the post office just know what to do with all that if something's in the wrong order?

>>102179500>BiJ ships 2 USAL packages on the same day due to their new years overload>they should have been sent a month apart>one has arrived weeks ago>the other is still MIA
i guess i'll use airmail from now on

>>102180164
My USAL was shipped on 25th Jan from HLJ is still missing, while the RSAL that was shipped on 28th came in today. It was the longest I had to wait for SAL, usually comes in something like 10-14 days.

>>102180832
My RSAL does that, usually takes 3-4 weeks too. I think the worst part is the basically useless tracking, I don't mind waiting a long time as long as I'm sure it'll get here eventually. But every single time I get paranoid that it somehow got lost.

Probably one of two things, either the box is going from post office to post office because it is lost but ended up on the wrong belt (like one of my orders that came to my home town in California and ended up in New York then back to my home town) or the dealer has yet to ship your item because they are out of stock and trying to find you an item because they sold too much.

>>102181004
It says it hit dispatch on 1/11 so that means it left Japan. So to me for it to be 2/15 that is a hell of a time. But I seem to understand that Japan had some Holidays between that time period so I am still hopeful and appreciate you anons feedback. I'm just spoiled to EMS taking 1 week to get to me in the states.

>>102180832
So does anyone know what actually happens between the time that the tracking says 'dispatch from outward office of exchange' to arriving in your country? What's with the huge variation in time?

1 day from local office to distro at airport
1 day from airport to customs (at airport)
1 day from customs to your country distro
1 day from customs to airport distro
1 day from airport to local office
1 day from local office to your house
More days for Saturdays and Sundays and holidays and work load of points in between.

>>102181530
I actually got her last weekend from manda for 13k, there was a white version too at 12k but someone snatched it before, both figures were sitting there for at least a week though, also both opened, plamoya has it for about 20k I think

>>102181659
I've used USAL for years and I never regret it. Having the item faster doesn't beat having the extra money in your pocket for more figures. I guess if you live in a shady area or have bad postal service and need insurance then EMS might be worth it, but I've never had a problem with SAL.

>>102181659
I've only used EMS once and it was beautiful, RSAL is not that bad in terms of "fear-to-be-lost" though the wait can be quite painful but the price gap is huge so... in the end is the pain of waiting v/s the pain of not having enough money to buy something because of shipping

>>102181659
I've been called stingy but there is no way that I can justify the extra cost of EMS to myself. Shelling out extra dough in exchange for just shaving off 2-3 weeks shipping time isn't good enough for me. I always go SAL unless I'm forced to go up due to what I'm buying being too big.

>>102182098
i think is item missing>>102181933
Beem for 6 months, I can understand most of it but I need to learn more vocabulary and kanjis, also theres some difficulty when talking but in time I'll get used to it but I can listen without any problems.

>>102153785
Sorry but I'm not understanding how to get this and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with that link. I searched for the game but nothing but Japanese comes up and all I could make out was something like pazudora ikidona which didn't help.

>>102182544
The plural for Kanji is Kanji. Anyways, that's awesome. Jesus Christ, six months in Japan sounds amazing. I'd like to visit for that long. Mind if I ask how long you've been studying the language? I hope to, at the least, be able to understand it.

>>102182848
For the 6 months as well, can't waste time, I've been to the comiket, watched the madoka movie the idol master and the persona 3 movie, Im planing on going to the tiger and bunny one, been here was really awesome. And Im planning on returning in the future.

>>102183260
Good to hear you enjoyed it. How did you like the people? I've often heard they're not the greatest. Is Japan somewhere you'd settle down with a career and live if the circumstances were right?

Sorry for turning this into a blog, but it's late as fuck, nobody is posting and this is a valuable chance.

>>102183737
I got into it for the soundtrack and it has a good episode every now and again. It's really picking up now though. I will be getting every fig though that was shown. If I don't like them I'll be able to sell them to somebody.

>>102183572
A lot of them are really good people but they are afraid in the case they wont be able to make a clear response back, but I've met a lot of friends since I got here in these 6 months, there are some people with bad attitude (one old lady tried to kick me one morning for no reason at all), but yeah right now I'm from Venezuela and things are not going well there so there are some actual circumstances, but I need to be there to protest and just in case someone tries to invade my house.
But I wouldnt settle in Japan, I would go for a trip like a week for comikets.

>>102183901
Jesus Christ, Vietnam on 4chan. That's a first. I'm all the way in The Snowland of Canadia

>>102183909
Good to hear they're friendly, so it seems. Is there a particular reason as to why Japan isn't somewhere you'd settle? What parts did you visit? Was the weather at this time warm enough to be in a light jacket? And how was hotel pricing? I think these will be my final bombardment of questions. Sorry to hear about the problems going on in your country. I hope it sorts out for the best.

>>102184188
It is a good place to live but I right now my country is pretty much in a dire state, I had all my plans for the future but now im uncertain what will happen now then, I've seen entire tokyo, I've been to Kyoto, the place with the deers and Nagano to snowboard while Tokyo was collapsed by the snow. Right now It is pretty fucking cold for me since I lived most of my life in a tropical country but if you just wear some jacket you'll be fine, I stayed at a homestay, it was expensive but it was a great family the prices would totally differ in the type of the house you might want to stay but I stayed one night at a 4 star hotel and it was 120 dollars aprox. Im against Maduro he pretty much fucked the entire country in almost a year. we have retarded inflation, people do lines for hours just to get the basic needs and we fight for 1 liter of milk or some toilet paper, even right now they are censoring the media about the protest and students being killed by fire guns.

>>102184563
That sounds amazing. Thanks for the info, you helped a lot.

Anyways, I really am sorry to hear about the problems in your country. I hope they work out for the best. There are quite a few countries struggling with government, namely most of the middle east, and other countries dealing with inflation, like the U.S. except the U.S. is no where near seeing the struggle you are.

>>102184724>you should be settling in Japan then
Many people have a much more patriotic attachment to their country that goes far beyond living conditions. It's like with family, you need to stick by it through thick and thin.